19th Century English Queen Anne Chinoiserie Chest on Stand

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This is an elegant English black lacquered English Queen Anne cabinet chest on Stand decorated overall with gilt chinoiseries. This ...
moreThis is an elegant English black lacquered English Queen Anne cabinet chest on Stand decorated overall with gilt chinoiseries. This case piece was originally a traveling secretary. The top section has a cornice with a broken pediment over a decorated frieze and two doors decorated front and back, opening to reveal a central door with an oval mirror, flanked by a pair of short drawers and above two longer drawers. The bottom section contains a lift-off decorated box with two hinged lids, opening to reveal a secret section surrounded by other compartments, resting on a stand supported by bold decorated Queen Anne cabriole legs, terminating in ebonized ball feet, circa 1830. less